Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| go / once a month / I / to the hairdresser's / usually |
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| late / is / John / often |
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| you / Do / have lunch / at home? / usually |
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| I / once a year / usually / go / to the dentist |
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| I travel a lot. I / need / some petrol / every other day. |
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| never / I / know / what to say |
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| get up / at 8 a.m. / I / always |
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| saw / I / five times / it |
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| asking me questions / is / She / always |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| twice / Yesterday, / me / phoned / she |
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| you / often / How / go / to the disco? / do |
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| dress / I / in green? / always / Can |
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| several times a year / breaks down / My car |
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| often / you / Do / feel tired? |
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| We / have / soup / every other day |
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| to the gym / go / three times a week / I |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / usually / am / very tired / in the mornings. |
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| You / can / your car keys / find / never |
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| rarely / if you need it / Tom / help you / will |
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| often / for dinner / eats / pizza / Mike |
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| Does / win / Kevin / always / ? |
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| I / shopping / have to go / day in, day out |
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| very often / come / My parents / to help me |
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| hardly ever / I / eat / oranges |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / when you talk to her / listens / She |
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| go on holiday / almost never / My parents |
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| some help with the homework / They / need / usually |
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| in blue / dresses / very often / She |
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| They / can / never / listen |
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| every day / to the gym / Do / ? / go / you |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
